Vaughton and Randle (No. 2)

In *Vaughton and Randle (No. 2)*, Berman J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application and response concerning the schooling arrangements for a child, R. The dispute centred on which school R would attend for the remainder of the 2014 academic year.

The primary legal issue before the court was to determine the immediate schooling arrangements for the child, R, and to establish a process for the parties to agree upon or have determined a suitable educational institution. The court also had to address the timing and nature of further evidence to be presented by each party.

Berman J ordered that the mother was to forthwith determine a school for R within a five-kilometre radius of a specified intersection. The parties were then to cooperate in enrolling R in the nominated school. If the mother failed to nominate a school by 10 October 2014, the father would be empowered to make that determination within the same geographical constraint. The court also set strict deadlines for the filing of further affidavits by each party, allowing the mother until 31 October 2014 and the father until 28 November 2014. The application and response were listed for hearing on 22 December 2014, with the expectation that the hearing would primarily be conducted on the papers, though limited oral evidence might be permitted.